BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS: BROOKLYN-DETROIT DON’T BOX ME IN, POP-UP INSTALLATION WITH SPREAD ART
Bushwick Open Studios 2013 Spread Art and PLAYGROUND DETROIT presented Summer Group Show VI – “Brooklyn – Detroit, Don’t Box Me In”, a two day outdoor performance/video installation in and around a 10’ box truck located outside of Roberta’s off of the Morgan L Train stop in Brooklyn, New York. Bushwick Daily has featured the event in...
LOCAL PORTION DONATES TO DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Detroit Symphony Orchestra played New York’s prestigious famous Carnegie Hall for the first time in 17 years on May 10, 2013. Detroit Nation, a New York-based organization whose goal is to bring together former and current Detroiters across the country in order to “stay involved in the city’s revitalization,” hosted the after-party. PLAYGROUND DETROIT was asked...
JESSICA HERNANDEZ & THE DELTAS, JEREMY FREER PERFORM IN NYC
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas are performing in NYC tonight at Cake Shop in the LES, and tomorrow night at Spike Hill in Williamsburg. Opening for them is Detroit-native and recently-turned Brooklynite, Jeremy Freer (frontman of Detroit band The Juliets) who has just launched his own solo project. With two shows back to back in NYC, there is...
ALL BETS ARE ON THE X GAMES DETROIT BID #XG2D
This EPIC video has just been released as the X Games Detroit Bid – Official Video #XG2D by The Work Inc. Right here, right now- we are calling it. Game on.
DETROIT DOCUMENTARY THE SEAMS PREMIERE FROM GOLDHOUSE MEDIA
Detroit-based production company, Gold House Media premiered a short documentary at Southwest Detroit’s Matrix Theater Company on March 30th. The Seams features Metro Detroit Ice Carver Jeff Prather, chronicling his attempt at completing and hopefully winning a national ice carving competition at the Bay Harbor Ice & Spice Festival in Northern Michigan. “I’ve always liked sculpture. I’ve actually been trying to get into...
ART X DETROIT SHOWCASES GROWING ART SCENE AND LOCAL ARTISTS
Art X Detroit: Kresge Arts Experience will take over Midtown this spring as the free, five-day arts experience celebrates Detroit’s arts scene April 10-14, 2013. Throughout more than a dozen venues in the vibrant Midtown district, the public is invited to experience an exciting collection of visual art installations, dance, musical and theatrical performances, literary readings, and much more...
FLINT PUBLIC ART PROJECT SOON TO PRESENT ART FESTIVAL AT CHEVY-IN-THE-HOLE
PLAYGROUND DETROIT is pleased to announce a special call for proposals for the Free City Public Art Festival. The presenting organization, Flint Public Art Project, is particularly interested in receiving proposals from the PLAYGROUND DETROIT community and has extended the deadline. This is a special extension which closes by Monday, March 11th at midnight. See...
MOTOWN LOWDOWN MUSIC SHOWCASE TAKING DETROIT TO SXSW
Are you going to be at South by Southwest®?…Detroit is too! Motown Lowdown: SXSW Detroit Showcase is bringing Phantasmagoria, Passalacqua, The Sights, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas, and more to rep the D. This showcase is being put on by Grand Circus Media and Bedrock Ventures, among many other sponsors. Check out some of these...
2013 NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL ANTI-AUTO SHOW RETURNS TO MOTOR CITY
The 2013 North American International Anti-Auto Show opens with a Creative Black Tie Preview GALA on January 18 from 6PM-9PM at The Contemporary Arts Institute of Detroit [CAID] which runs concurrent with the Black Tie Charity Preview of the Auto Show at Detroit’s COBO Arena. The NY Times has even peeked an interest, writing an article on the show which...
MOCAD NEW WAVE PRESENTS MONSTER DRAWING RALLY
Not long after opening in 2006, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit [affectionately known as MOCAD] founded New Wave, which is “a network of young professionals in Detroit that organizes projects and events to promote MOCAD’s mission and raise funds for the Museum,” New Wave member Lindsay Sebold explains. “The first of its kind in...
“DETROIT CITY IS THE PLACE TO BE” AUTHOR MARK BINELLI DISCUSSION AT THE POWERHOUSE ARENA
Don’t miss out on an exciting opportunity to see the author of newly released book, Detroit City Is the Place to Be, Mark Binelli have a discussion at The Powerhouse Arena on Tuesday December 4th. This discussion will be led by PLAYGROUND DETROIT friend and New York Observer’s Michael Miller, and will also include Heidi Ewing, the director...
GLASS, CINDERS & THORNS GROUP SHOW RETURNS TO 323EAST GALLERY
The fairy-tale inspired group show Glass, Cinders & Thorns, curated by April Segedi of 323East has returned for a reprise. The show boasts 30 female artists from across the nation opened onthis past weekend on Saturday, November 17th. PLAYGROUND DETROIT‘s own team member Samantha ‘Banks’ Schefman, Lacey Bryant, and Sheri DeBow were a few of the...
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